cardboardgods.baseballtoaster.com - 11/21/2008
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As implied in yesterdays post on Freddie Patek, everybody loves a short guy. A tall guy? Not so much.
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... At Cardboard Gods, Josh Wilker busts out a 1976 Topps Dave Kingman and, as is his style, veers wistfully off-topic to discuss how tall ballplayers -- like Kingman -- had it made while shorter guys -- Like Freddie Patek -- often got short shrift. ...
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